The Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) Board of Education (BOE) meeting will be split into several parts tonight.

The first part of the meeting begins when the trustees will vote themselves into executive session at 3:30 PM this afternoon, citing attorney/client privilege and for “strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement and as requested by the district as a party to such collective bargaining agreement.” Executive sessions are closed to the public.

The second part of the meeting begins at 5:00 PM when the trustees will hear a second briefing on the recommendation to name the Huron High Little Theater in honor of Dr. Richard Ingram, Huron Music Department Chair/Choir Director. The recommendation is to name it The Richard E. Ingram Theater of the Performing Arts. After special comments from those who support the naming, the trustees will vote on the recommendation.

Immediately following the vote, the meeting will recess for a reception celebrating Ingram.

** The Ann Arbor Education Association (AAEA) will be holding a press conference at 6:30 PM this evening. AAEA President Linda Carter will give a statement. **

The regular meeting will reconvene at 7:00 PM with several items of special recognition.

The Board will resume honoring Ingram. Elijah Mills will show a video entitled, You Are Not Alone. There will be a presentation of Senator Rebekah Warren’s Envision Michigan Fund Scholarship. The MHSAA Scholarship Award will be given. The A2Y Chamber E3 Awards will be given.

Students from Pathways to Success will give a student leadership report. Representatives from each high school are invited to speak in front of the board once a school year.

Tonight is the first public hearing on the 2017/18 budget. The public hearing is a time where the public can speak on the proposed budget. This is separate from regular public commentary. There will be a second public hearing on the budget at the next regular meeting, June 21.

Three information items will be presented: the monthly budget monitoring report for the month of May, an employee compensation review, and the intervention specialists (IS) annual report.

Voting tonight will be on the annual software renewal and the PTLW refill purchase, as well as the early vote on the naming of the Huron Little Theater in honor of Dr. Ingram.

Board action will be taken on the 2017/18 Millage Resolution.

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